The Runespan is a realm of floating islands, filled with magical creatures and nodes. In this mini-game you collect runes and essence from the creatures and nodes that exist in this realm to earn points that can be spent on Runecrafting equipment.

Head to the roof floor of the Wizards' Tower and you will find the green low-level portal on the east side and red high-level portal on the west side. There are several ways to get to the Wizards' Tower.

Wizards at each Runecrafting altar will offer to teleport you to the tower.

As soon as you have chosen an option you will appear in the center of the Runespan. In the center you will also find Wizard Finix who will give you a short tutorial. To leave the mini-game talk to any wizard in the Runespan or use their right-click teleport option.

While in the Runespan a number of symbols, showing useful information, will appear in the top left corner of your screen.

Icon

Information

Your current total of Runespan points, from earlier sessions.

The current Runespan points value of the runes in your inventory

The floor you are currently on

Shows if a runesphere is active.

Within the Runespan you are able to access the 3 floors by climbing up and down ladders. You can travel to the second floor from the first floor by climbing up the vine ladder to the west. The top floor can be reached by climbing up the bone ladder located in the southwestern corner of the second floor. The vine ladder requires a level of 33 Runecrafting, while the bone ladder requires 66 Runecrafting.

Tip: To quickly reach the top floor from the second one, collect 3 air runes and cross the float platform to the island to the south. Collect 2 chaos runes from one of the creatures and cross the missile platform twice to the ladder in the southwest.

Playing the Game:

The goal of the mini-game is to craft runes within the Runespan by siphoning energy from various creatures and nodes that inhabit the realm. There are several options in order to obtain the energy that you require.

Any runes or essence that you obtain in the Runespan cannot be taken outside of it. Crossing platforms and chipping runic creatures will decrease your points as you use up runes in these actions. When you leave the area your runes and essence will be converted into points that you can use to buy rewards from Wizard Fenix's shop next to the portal in the Wizards' Tower.

Rune

Point per rune

Air

0.1

Mind

0.2

Water

0.3

Earth

0.4

Fire

0.5

Body

0.7

Cosmic

0.9

Chaos

1.1

Astral

1.3

Nature

1.5

Law

1.7

Death

2.5

Blood

3

Soul

3.5

Floating Essence:

The most basic way to get a hold of essence is by collecting it from Floating essence. Simply click on Floating essence to draw off its energy into Rune essence. If you already have more than 25 Rune essence in your inventory, you will not be able to siphon more from a Floating essence.

Runic Creatures:

There are runic creatures living in the Runespan that you can siphon to produce runes. You may also choose to chip them to collect even more essence. Chipping turn 10 runes back into 10 rune essence. If you chip a creature you will not be able to chip it again until you have chipped three other types of creatures. However, you may not always succeed. If you fail to create a rune, you will get 1 xp. The amount of xp you get from successfully siphoning is listed below. When a creature is killed, it will drop a certain amount of Rune essence which will go straight into your inventory.

These concentrated essence nodes spawn randomly in the Runespan. Higher level nodes will spawn in higher levels of the area. You can siphon these to obtain runecrafting xp and runes. Each time you try to make a rune you will use rune essence from your inventory. However, you may not always succeed. If you fail to create a rune, you will get 2 xp but will not have used up a rune essence.
Nodes last a set amount of time, and last longer if you are siphoning it with other people.
The amount of xp you get from successfully siphoning is listed below.

To access the various islands around the Runespan you will need a number of runes to move between “bridging points”. This always costs at least 1 rune. However, the amount of different types of runes and the required Runecrafting levels can make it impossible for you to use that particular platform. If you have the runes and level to use a platform, then the platform on your end and at your destination will glow. When traveling from a small island to a bigger island you will not get charged. Traveling to a smaller island, however, will require payment. If you do not know the way to reach a certain island you can open the world map, which will show you the entire Runespan area.

While traveling through the runespan you will find various wizards, one of which is dressed up in yellow robes. Every 10 minutes you will hear a yellow wizard call you. This wizard is stranded and requires your help. Give him the runes he asks for and you will receive a decent amount of experience. You can only hand a max of 10 runes to a wizard at a time. If you do not have the required runes in your inventory, give him the best runes you have but you will receive less experience. To find the yellow wizard ask Finix or any other wizards around to point you in the right direction.

Runesphere:

Runespheres are balls of pure rune essence that spawn every few hours. You have to siphon the different layers of the sphere to get to the core. The outer layer requires the highest Runecrafting level. Siphoning the various layers converts rune essence into runes and Runedust. When you reach the core, you can trade your Runedust for 25 runecrafting xp each. You can, however, gain no more than 1000 Runedust a day and you can only siphon one sphere a day. Below is a list of layers a sphere can have along with the required levels.

First of all, it is very much recommended to use official worlds for this minigame, as they're very much populated which assures the nodes will last longer. The official worlds for Runespan are World 38 (Free) and World 39 (Members). When entering the Runespan, your priorities are collecting essence and runes. Collect 25 essence from one of the nearest floating essence and use it to siphon runic creatures to collect runes and more essence. If you previously gained Runespan points, you can talk to Wizard Finix in Runespan to receive 10 of each rune you can siphon at the cost of a small number of points. However, if you are planning on hunting nodes and yellow wizards, it is advised to gather around 50 of each rune. This will ensure that you can travel between islands for a while without having to restock all the time.

Generally, there are 2 strategies one can use depending on whether you are after experience or points. If are looking to maximize your points, it is advised to camp on an island with highest level creature that you can siphon. If your focus lies on experience, it is advised to camp on a central island with a low-leveled runic creature, for fast essence gathering, and to travel to the surrounding islands when a high-level nodes appears on them.

High level nodes do not always give you the most experience and runes compared to Mid level nodes as they usually take longer to successfully siphon. As you level, you will be able to siphon previously unlocked nodes more successfully than at the level you unlocked them.

Rewards:

Although you cannot keep the runes you crafted inside the Runespan, you will receive a number of points when exiting it. These points can be spent in Wizard Finix' shop. The amount of points that are available from previous games are displayed next to the gold disc-like icon in the top left corner of your screen. The points that you will receive upon leaving the mini-game are listed next to the the bag-like icon.

For the cost of 2000 points, you can change the color of the Wicked hood, robes, and cape. Make sure you have in your inventory all the parts you wish to have recolored, otherwise you will have to pay another 2000 points to recolor the remaining parts.

Esteem:

Those who have already purchased a Wicked hood and cape can change their design and symbol by buying esteem ranks. The symbol of the rank is displayed on both the hood and the cape. Buying a certain rank will reduce the cost of the prize of the higher esteem ranks. For example, buying the esteem rank 9 will reduce the cost of all the higher ranks by 60 points. This means that rank 8 will only cost 130 points instead of 190. Esteem rank 1 is a requirement for the trimmed completionist cape.

This Minigame Guide was written by Alfawarlord, CapuDie, and Zaros Ultor. Thanks to ruiran1, Greg, Archaeis, and The Cardinal for corrections.This Minigame Guide was entered into the database on Mon, Apr 30, 2012, at 07:43:30 PM by Alfawarlord, and it was last updated on Thu, Mar 26, 2015, at 03:17:49 PM by Jarkur.

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